Games & gear forum: DMZ and security

My niece has a EA sports game that she plays through her Wii. Their technical support said that she needs to DMZ her router. From what I have been reading on the Internet when you do that to your router you lose a lot of your security. I don't fully understand the technical part of it. Anyway she only has one computer and she has the router password protected so that other people can not use her Internet. I am just wondering what the DMZing her router would do to her as far as security?would you have any recommendations for her?

Thank you for your response. I found these directions on the Internet to DMZ her router. It looks pretty straightforward except I am wondering where I will find the "servers IP address" in step four. Thank you for helping me with this.

1. Open a Web browser, and type the router's IP address (The router's default IP address is 192.168.0.1). Click Go. 2. Enter the username and password for the router (Default username is admin and password is password). 3. From the browser Main Menu select Advanced > Security. Some routers, such as the MR814, use the WAN Setup Options, page, instead. 4. Enter the server's IP address. 5. Click apply

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